Gate said its partnership with Alpaca expands its offering beyond digital assets to provide trading access to more than 10,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs. According to the company, the service includes securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, BATS and related liquidity networks, and now adds pre-market and after-hours trading that extends availability from 6.5×5 to 16×5. Gate said users on Gate App version 8.21.5 and above can trade with USDT outside regular market hours. The company also said the offering supports fractional investing, with the earlier announcement citing access from $1 and the later update citing fractional shares from 0.01.